to reframe the debate, but he cannot get their. politico began a piece on friday telling us with the problem is not -- it is not clint eastwood and the empty chair, or media bias, or distorted polls. politico says idt is mitt. >> wow. quite a guy, isn't it? paul ryan. >> royan! >> what a second, romney-ryan, romney-ryan, romney-ryan. >> oh, sweet jesus. >> joe scarborough and mika brzezinski on "morning show." slowly and reluctantly, those who have worked for mitt romney are concluding that he is just not a good political candidate. is that fair, mark? >> it is fair. you want to go back to the numbers. wherever mitt romney goes, his unfavorable number goes up. in florida in, he was at 35% unfavorable personally. now he is at 48% unfavorable. ohio, 34%, now 49%. it is a problem. that has just been the reverse with obama. what do you do? you could read the rose garden strategy. mitt it does not have a rose garden. >> charles, you write that " romney's and willingness to go big, to go for the larger argument, is simply astonishing ." >> it was a great opening, politically. american embassies of

to make him unacceptable. they had made him unacceptable, and when obama did use that -- did not use that in the fourth debate, it was a serious mistake. >> i want to talk about the women's vote. >> made a concerted effort to hire women who have backgrounds that made them qualified to be members of our candidate. i went to women's groups and said, can you help us find folks, and they brought us hold binders full of women. >> that went viral almost immediately. what set that off? >> the binders. smalley, that did not bother me. what bothered me was that the next day, i found out that romney's people did not approach the women's groups for suggestions. the women's groups approach romney and said, you don't have any women, you don't have any women and bain, you need to to get women. >> a number of polls indicate that president obama's lead among women voters shrinking and i don't just mean republican women, but college-educated women who are liberal on social issues arm moving towards romney. >> i talked to someone over the weekend said that all of this is about who you want be married

. >> the vice-presidential debate. >> folks, use common sense. who would you trurust on this? a man who would raise your bill for $600 a year or manand the president? >> did joe biden stop the romney wave? >>>> you will win? >> yes. >> also, the washington battle over been gauzybenghazi. anand affirmative action returns to the supreme court. >> i hope e the court rules that a student's race and ethnicity shshould not be considered when applying to the university of texaxas. >> an instant cnn poll gave paul ryan the edge in the vice- presidential debate. an instant cbs pulled it to joe bibiden. new york times says it was a dedebate with clarity and fervor. following the exchange on medicare and sial security. >> medicare icand social zuccotti did so much for my own family. we will not jeopardize this program.m. >> your jeopardize in the program. you are changing the pgram from a guaranteed benefits. the bottomom line is th people will pay more money out of their pocket. >>talking points memo ask the question showed obama supporters start faking out? [lghter] ninamy question, did the vice presi

. >> folks, use your common sense. who do you trust on this? a guy who introduced a bill that would raise its $6,400 a year, knowing it and passing it and romney said he will sign it were me and the president? >> did joe biden stock the romney wave? >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> the washington over benghazi. >> you ask him for the son, you'll get the stars. >> i hope the court rules that a student's race and ethnicity should not apply when applying to university. >> paul ryan got the edge in the vice-presidential debate. and an insnt cbs will give it to joe biden. new york times said it was a debate with clarity and fervor, and the washington post -- the debate gave viewers a real boost. >> medicare and social zuccotti did so much for my own family. we will let jeopardize this -- medicare and social security did so much for my own family. we will not jeopardize this program. >> the bottom line is that ople have to pay more money out of their pocket. >> talking points memo asked the question should obama supporters start freaking out? [laughter] did the vice president head off a freak out

be qualified to become members of our cabinet. i went to a number of women's groups and said, can you help us find folks, and they brought us whole binders full of women. >> that one went viral almost immediately. what was it that set wittman off? >> the binders full of women. that did not really bother me. what bothered me was finding out the next day that the romney people did not approach the women's groups and asked for suggestions. rather, the women's groups approach romney and said that you don't have women, you don't have women anywhere, you need to get women. >> a number of polls indicate that president obama's lead with white women is shrinking, and i'm talking about not women who only vote republican, but college-educated women who are generally liberal on social issues moving towards romney. >> i talked to a smart republican over the weekend who says that all of this is about who you want to be married to. in the very first debate, obama was so peevish that he would not want to be married to that guy. and romney was kind of moderate and reasonable and might actually listen to you.

is coming to you. >> the vice-presidential debate. >> folks, use your common sense. will you do you trust on this? a man who introduced a bill that will raise 8 $6,400 a year, knowing it and passing it and romney saying he will sign it, or me and the president? >> did joe biden stop the wave?omney >> you are going to win? >> yes fauquier >> also, the ghazi. over ben doe >> and affirmative action returns to the supreme court. >> i hope the court rules that a student's race and ethnicity should not be considered when applying to the university of texas. >> an instant cnn poll gave the vice eventual debate to all rain. and instead cbs poll gave the debate to paujoe biden. >> falling exchange on medicare and social security. >> medicare and social zuccotti did so much for my own family. we will not jeopardize this program, but we have to save it. >> you are changing the program from a guaranteed benefit. the bottom line is that people have to pay more money out of their pocket. >> prior to the the vice- presidential debate, the question, should obama supporters start freaking out to? [laughte

in this economy than many people. >> let us talk about entitlement. >> if you are around 60 or older, you do not need to listen any further, but for younger people, we did talk about what changes are occurring. >> if you are 55, you may want to listen. this will affect you. >> this is the debate over congressman ryan's plan to turn medicare into a voucher program. the president says that it needs to be tweaked. medicare, he says, needs some changes. we have been bellyaching about entitlements for years. ryan has a plan to do something about it. what is the problem? >> the problem is, he would, in effect, turn medicare into a voucher program. the president touched on it but did not stay with it. he allowed romney to get away with it. the voucher program would cause people to take a chunk of money from the government and go out and buy their own insurance. only a limited amount of money would be available. then the costs go up, the senior citizens, who get that, have to pay the differee. the guarantee would be gone. that is the substance of how they would deal with medicare and that is the way

there who are actually doing better right now in this economy than many people. >> let us talk about entitlements. >> if you are 60 or older, you do not need to listen any further. but for younger people, we need to talk about what changes will be occurring. >> if you are 54 or 55, you may want to listen. this will affect you. >> this was the debate over congressman ryan's plan to turn medicare into a voucher program. when it comes to social security, the president says it needs to be tweaked, that medicare needs some serious attention. colby, we have been bellyaching about entitlements for years. ryan has a plan to do something about it, so what is the problem? >> he would, in effect, turn medicare into a voucher program. the president touched on it but did not stay with it, allowed romney to get away with it. the voucher program would cause people to have to then take a chunk of change, credit from the government, and go out and buy their own insurance. but only a limited amount of money would be available. if the costs go up, the people that get that, would have to pay the differe

changes to keep us from going over the cliff. the statement of the ceo's is significant in that they said what everybody else knows what has to happen. there needs to be some revenue -- >> tom mitt romney paul ryan -- l. mitt romney and paul ryan. >> why is it not happening? you cannot do anything between now and the election, but you can do something in january. as we mentioned before, a steady improvement in the economy, an improvement that would benefit the next president, by the way. >> 2% growth is pretty -- >> i welcome the cliff. congress is just a hopeless, completely hopeless. it will take over the cliff to get the deal could i am hopeful that we will get a deal, and want measurement is a businessman, who don't like taxes, getting together and saying, hey, taxes. >> "i will elcome the cff" by at the thomas. >> evan always thinks that if it gets really bad, the problem will solve itself. wrong. it has just gotten worse. >> i respect the ceo's. i wonder where they were when we were trying to work out a debt ceiling arrangement i wonder where they were when mitt romney's 1 or promis

-- agrees with those comments. polls tell us that the president has been losing ground to romney among women. why is that? >> some of it is rebalancing, some of it is the effect of the first debate. i think that is this still falls along does have an effect. not because mr. mourdock said anything -- he was inartful. it was obvious what he was thinking. on the other hand, what he was thinking clearly is that rate is much less important than preserving a life in a lot of women, saying that rape is not that important is a very unfortunate thing, and romney has disagreed with them, but he has not taken back the ad he is running for mourdock. >> every time he looked on the cable news shows now, you see somebody from planned parenthood or another group that is pro abortion, so forth. the obama people are running with this trade will have -- the of what people are running with this. will it have legs? >> it will have an impact. it calls attention to paul ryan, who shares the same view that there should be no exception for rape, for abortion in case of rape or anything else. principled position give

helps find folks, and thehey brought us all binders full of women. >> that one wentt viral almost immediately. what was it about that at sat women off? >> the bders full of women. personally that t did not botother me. what bothered me was finding out the next day that the romney people did not approach the women's groups andnd ask for suggestions. rather, the women's gups apprproach romney and sa, you don't have women, you don't have women at bain, need to get women. >> a number of polls iicate that president obam's lead with white women was shrinking. i am not talking about men who only ve republican, but college-educated women who are generally liberal on social issueses are moving towards romney. >> i talked to a smart republican over ththe weekend to said that all of this is about who you want to be marrrried to and in the very first debate obama was so peevish about -- you would not want to be married to that guy. romney was kind of moderate and reasonable and migh actually listen to you. that is what turned it around the polls. but in the second debate, i thought that romne

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